El silenciamiento de la expresión del gen Rabphilin causa cardiomiopatía dilatada en un modelo de daño renal en Drosophila

by Revista Genética Médica

3 years ago
enfermedad renal crónica, patologías cardiovasculares, Drosophila

La enfermedad renal crónica y las patologías cardiovasculares están relacionadas, siendo ambas, en múltiples contextos, causa y consecuencia la una de la otra. La aparición y desarrollo de una...

Proyecto: 'Búsqueda de nuevos biomarcadores y tratamientos para la enfermedad de Parkinson en modelos de Drosophila y en células humanas'

by Revista Genética Médica

3 years ago
Drosophila, Parkinson, células humanas, biomarcadores, neurodegenerativa

“Búsqueda de nuevos biomarcadores y tratamientos para la enfermedad de Parkinson en modelos de Drosophila y en células humanas” es un proyecto declarado de interés social por la Oficina del Mec...

Recombination suppression in heterozygotes for a pericentric inversion induces the interchromosomal effect on crossovers in Arabidopsis

by Sequentia Biotech SL

4 years ago
cells, Arabidopsis, genetic, meiosis, Drosophila

During meiosis, recombination ensures allelic exchanges through crossovers (COs) between the homologous chromosomes. Advances in our understanding of the rules of COs have come from studies of mutatio...

Researchers describe the first model of adult metastasis developed in the fruit fly

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

5 years ago
metastasis, cancer, metastatic tumors, Drosophila, tumor

his research will help to identify those genes that play a key role in the initiation of metastasis. Metastasis causes 90% of cancer related deaths

Gene regulation, evolution and the exploitation of new habitats

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

8 years ago
Drosophila, development, organ morphology, genetic modifications

Changes in the regulation of two genes explain how the Drosophila respiratory system evolved from a primitive to a more developed state. Published in Development

Discovering a new force driving cell contraction during development and organogenesis

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

9 years ago
Drosophila, cell contraction

The new mechanism, which has been published today in the journal Developmental Cell, includes strategies shared with programmed cell death but which have not previously been directly associated with f...